Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025

Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000

Highly Cited Researchers demonstrate significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past eleven years. However, citation activity is not the sole selection indicator. This list, based on citation data, is then refined using other quantitative metrics, as well as qualitative analysis and expert judgment.

7,131 Highly Cited Researcher awards in 2025

Full Name		Category	Primary Affiliation	Secondary Affiliations
	Pock, Thomas	Cross-Field	Graz University of Technology, Austria
	Pocock, Stuart J.	Clinical Medicine	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
	Podsiadlowski, Lars	Cross-Field	Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Germany
	Poertner, Hans-Otto	Cross-Field	Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany	University of Bremen, Germany
	Poeschl, Uirich	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Poewe, Werner	Neuroscience and Behavior	Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
	Pöhlmann, Stefan	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ), Germany
	Polasky, Stephen	Environment and Ecology	University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States
	Poldrack, Russell A.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Pollard, Andrew J.	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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